Where does “adolescente” come from?

adolescente (Spanish) comes from Latin adolescentem, from Latin adolescens, from Latin adolescere — present active infinitive of adolēscō.

adolescente (Spanish): adolescent; adolescent, teenager

Definitions

  1. adolescent; adolescent, teenager

Ancestry of “adolescente”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinadolescentemaccusative masculine singular of adolēscēns;...
2Latinadolescensgrowing up, maturing; increasing, augmenting
3Latinadolescerepresent active infinitive of adolēscō

Words derived from “adolescente”

Every word from Latin adolescere →Every word from Latin adolescens →Every word from Latin adolescentem →